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On 16 January 2015 late in the evening the website of the Ministry of Justice published a statement that the NGO Committee Against Torture had been added to the register of non-profit organizations designated as ‘foreign agents’.

Tanya Lokshina is the Russia program director at Human Rights Watch and Honorary Participant of International Youth Human Rights Movement:
As the crisis in Ukraine escalated this spring, the Kremlin’s vicious crackdown on civil society also escalated. Space for independent civic activity in Russia is shrinking dramatically, but international policymakers and the media have been understandably too distracted to do much about it.
Since early spring, it seems as though every week brings a new pernicious law or legislative proposal.

Earlier this year, the correspondent of Youth Human Rights Movement from Germany Jakob Stürmann interviewed Konstantin Baranov, member of the Coordination Council of the International Youth Human Rights Movement. They discussed so called “law against homosexual propaganda” and the overall situation of LGBT in Russia.

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Oleg Sentsov, Olexander Kolchenko, Hennadiy Afanasiev and Oleksiy Chyrniy have been held in Russian jails for two years already under fabricated charges of ‘terrorism’. We consider it being necessary to express solidarity with those who are persecuted due to their pro-Ukrainian views, civic stand and desire for freedom in Russia-annexed Crimea.

Helsinki Committee of Armenia has published “Human Rights in Armenia 2014” Annual Report. The report reflects on the Right to Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Torture, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, Political Persecutions, Freedom of Conscience and Religion, The Rights of the Child, Protection of Labor Rights.

«We have a few questions for you,» a border guard told Sinaver Kadyrov, a Crimean Tatar activist, at the Armyansk checkpoint in northern Crimea on Jan. 23. Kadyrov was on his way to Kherson, in southern Ukraine, to fly to Turkey for medical treatment. It was the beginning of an ordeal that ended with a local court expelling him from Crimea, his home of almost 25 years.

Dear Friends,
We invite you to attend an international round table, which will take place at Conference Hall of International Memorial House in Moscow (Russia) on 8 November 2011 at 14-00 till 17-00.
Ths round table is dedicated to the international action «Christal night – never again».
You can find more information about this action on this web-site (in Russian) http://9-november.yhrm.org.
The round table is organised by Youth Human Rights Movement, UNITED for Intercultural Action and Moscow Helsinki Group.

Both Russian and international organisations along with representatives from various libraries, educational institutions, human rights defenders, educational and enlightening programs coordinators are invited to take part in this round table.
There will be also presented such projects as: enlightening activities «Christall night-never again», moving exhibition «Anna Frank: history lessons», art project Respect, Human library and etc.

The main topics on which the round table will focus are:

cross sector sucesessful interaction in Russian Federation (what is the way to make them successful and how to multiplicate them);

methodology challenges for teachers who work with xenophobic prevention related topics;

social problems in nowadays Russia (the results of xenophobic prevention monitoring will be announced);

networking possibilities.

The results of this round table will be published and distributed. They will be also presented at internationl meetings in Vienna (10-11 November) and international conference in Voronezh (28-30 November).

If you would like to be a speaker (present a project) at this round table please contact the organisers no later then 5 November 2011.

All information in Russian will be available on the UNITED website http://www.unitedagainstracism.org.

The round-table will be held in the framework of the project “Civil Organisations Serving Society: Youth actions against racism, nationalism and xenophobia and for human rights and intercultural dialogue”, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands) in the scope of the MATRA programme.